
Partner
Alla Kozachenko
Corporate, M&A, Commercial Languages:
Ukrainian English Russian
Phone: +380 50 311 7243
E-mail: akozachenko@imaginelawyers.com
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Alla is a partner in Corporate and M&A, as well as Commercial practices.
Alla is a strong transactional and commercial lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience working in local and international law firms, holding partner as well as head of corporate and M&A practice roles. Alla is advising on commercial contracts, general corporate matters, as well as servicing cross-border M&A transactions, including transaction structuring, legal due diligence, corporate reorganisations, drafting and negotiating transactional documents.
Alla advises clients across a variety of industries and sectors including telecommunications, IT, hospitality, gaming, life sciences and insurance.
expertise
Alla is a partner of the firm in the following practices: Corporate & M&A Corporate & M&A
Compliance & Anti-Corruption Compliance & Anti-Corruption
Technology and commercial transactions Technology and commercial transactions
education
- Master’s degree in international private law from Taras Shevchenko National University, Institute of International Relations of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Master’s degree from Institute of Intellectual Property and Law of Kyiv, Ukraine
expertise
Alla is a partner of the firm in the following practices: Corporate & M&A Corporate & M&A
Compliance & Anti-Corruption Compliance & Anti-Corruption
Technology and commercial transactions Technology and commercial transactions
Professional membership
- European Business Association
Recognition and rewards

Leading Individual Commercial, Corporate and M&A

The Clients Guide to the best Law firms Legal 500 EMEA
Dmytro Rylovnikov Dmytro Rylovnikov
Recommended lawyer in Tax 2019
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Leading Individual in Commercial, Corporate and M&A Competition 2016-2025
Margarita Karpenko Margarita Karpenko
Leading Individual in Employment 2023-2025
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Leading Individual Commercial, Corporate and M&A 2022-2025
Illya Sverdlov Illya Sverdlov
Leading Individual 2012 - 2025
Dmytro Rylovnikov Dmytro Rylovnikov
Rising Star in Tax 2020

Band 5 in Corporate and M&A

Chambers Europe/Global
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Spotlight for Competition 2024-2025 (Band 1 before 2023)
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Band 4 in Corporate/M&A 2021-2026
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Band 5 in Corporate and M&A 2023-2026
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
“Up and Coming” in M&A in Ukraine 2021-2022
Illya Sverdlov Illya Sverdlov
“Up and Coming” for Tax in Ukraine 2018-2019

“Up and Coming” in M&A in Ukraine

Chambers Europe/Global
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Spotlight for Competition 2024-2025 (Band 1 before 2023)
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Band 4 in Corporate/M&A 2021-2026
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Band 5 in Corporate and M&A 2023-2026
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
“Up and Coming” in M&A in Ukraine 2021-2022
Illya Sverdlov Illya Sverdlov
“Up and Coming” for Tax in Ukraine 2018-2019

Highly regarded for Corporate and M&A

ILFR 1000
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Highly Regarded for Corporate and M&A in Ukraine; Notable Practitioner 2018-2023 2024-2025
Margarita Karpenko Margarita Karpenko
Notable Practitioner, Corporate and M&A 2023-2025
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Highly regarded for Corporate and M&A 2019-2025
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Notable practitioner for M&A 2018

Notable practitioner for M&A

ILFR 1000
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Highly Regarded for Corporate and M&A in Ukraine; Notable Practitioner 2018-2023 2024-2025
Margarita Karpenko Margarita Karpenko
Notable Practitioner, Corporate and M&A 2023-2025
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Highly regarded for Corporate and M&A 2019-2025
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
Notable practitioner for M&A 2018

Recommended in life sciences, transactional

notable practitioner in Corporate and M&A in Ukraine

Ukrainian Law Firms: Handbook for foreign clients
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Leading Individual (top-5) for Antitrust/Competition 2011-2021
Galyna Zagorodniuk Galyna Zagorodniuk
Notable Practitioner for Corporate/M&A and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare 2016-2021
Sergiy Portnoy Sergiy Portnoy
Recommended practitioner in Transport and Infrastructure. 2015
Margarita Karpenko Margarita Karpenko
Recommended in Corporate, Employment 2011-2021
Alla Kozachenko Alla Kozachenko
notable practitioner in Corporate and M&A in Ukraine 2017-2021
Illya Sverdlov Illya Sverdlov
Notable practitioner in Tax consulting 2015-2020
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